The play premiered at the
St Martin's Theatre in London's
West End in 1926, where it ran for 179 performances.[3] Its production on
Broadway in 1929 was an enormous success with
Leslie Howard (who also co-produced and co-directed the play with
Gilbert Miller) in the role of time traveler Peter Standish and ran for 229 performances, a substantial run for its time.[2]
The play was later adapted into a 1933
film version with
Howard repeating his stage role of Peter Standish, winning him an
Academy Award nomination.[4] The play was also produced for a 1959
BBC television production and the 1951 film The House in the Square (released in the United States as I'll Never Forget You).[1][5]